Tag: humor
group name: fictionaddiction
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May 16, 2006 07:56 PM EDT --
This is the full chapter and so is perhaps a little long. If time is a constraint may I suggest you simply find the recipe part. This recipe is the first thing I ever wrote with the idea that . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:29 AM EDT --
This is the least entertaining of the chapters as it introduces the only sensible character in the book. Also there are many references to very local Orstralian people and places which won't . . . more
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June 12, 2006 08:53 AM EDT --
There was a brief lull in the proceedings. Everyone had sat politely throughout the screening of Oklahoma! and was now quietly enjoying the Tandoori Chicken accompanied by a rocket and endive salad and . . . more
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January 15, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Step One
Quit your job. It sounds illogical and crazy and plain foolish, but you'll have to do it if you want to be taken seriously when someone asks you what you do and you say, "Huh? Oh. I'm . . . more
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January 14, 2007 02:17 PM EST --
So many people who write are hung up on being completely "original," and this makes them shy away from using the work of other writers who've had much more luck receiving acceptance in the . . . more
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December 20, 2006 05:49 PM EST --
A Jewish Mother After Hanukkah
A man received two sweaters for Hanukkah from his mother. The next time he visited her, he made sure to wear one of the two sweaters.
As he entered her home, instead of . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:47 AM EDT --
The purpose of the introduction is to place crazy Aunty Clarrie in a time and place. She precedes our protagonists by a couple of decades and explains a bit why they are not regular modern kids obsessed . . . more
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April 02, 2006 07:10 PM EDT --
He was as straight-laced as they come, ties, polished shoes, slicked-back hair. She was flip-flops, jeans so tight they gave her . . . more
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April 27, 2006 08:19 PM EDT --
Okay, we're almost ready for your first ride on the back of a bike. No, darling, we're talking motorcycles! Yes, the thing with two wheels and a loud engine. No, . . . more
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May 24, 2006 11:25 AM EDT --
HEDGEHOG SONG
Spike and Quilla were in love. Delicately. (That's how hedgehogs do it – delicately.) They had been born in burrows on opposite sides of the Corinthian Copse, . . . more
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December 18, 2006 10:32 PM EST --
Bill Gates Meets His Programmer
Bill Gates suddenly dies and finds himself face to face with God. God stands over him and says, "Well Bill, I'm really confused on this one. It's a tough decision. . . . more
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June 01, 2006 05:27 AM EDT --
Fireside 1: Wine
Hello, do come in! It's rather cold for autumn and the air is a tad chilly. Here, let me take your coat. There! Now, let's pull up a chair, . . . more
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June 02, 2006 05:13 AM EDT --
Fireside 2: Coffee
Make yourself comfortable by the fire, and we'll chinwag as good friends do. No need to apologise for just dropping in. I was kind of expecting you. . . . more
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January 13, 2007 07:48 PM EST --
A Fruitful Confession
Paddy goes to confession and says to the priest, "Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been three weeks since my last confession, and in that time I have committed the . . . more
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May 01, 2006 08:52 AM EDT --
An excerpt from chapter five of the Cuddly Cookbook:
She had wondered into the kitchen and was staring at the contents of the fridge when Simon entered the flat and with his usual greeting to her had . . . more
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April 17, 2006 05:26 AM EDT --
I know some of you may be saying, "come on Monica, who doesn't know how to do that?" Well, as a manager of multiple groups who has been asked this A LOT, I can say there are A LOT of . . . more
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June 06, 2006 12:48 AM EDT --
Fireside 5: Stew
Hi, it's you again! I haven't seen you for such a long time. Don't stand outside - these autumn nights are so damn chilly. You'll catch . . . more
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April 11, 2006 11:55 PM EDT --
Sitting at her desk, today the Quill peers into the future and wonders about those who will live one-hundred and ten years from now. She fears a new, and as yet, unseen world where people speak to each . . . more
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June 04, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
Fireside 4: Roast
Hello, do come in! I just knew you'd drop by, round about just now. Is that the smell of roast beef and all the trimmings for a cold night? You're . . . more
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February 04, 2008 10:04 AM EST --
"I'm writing to the keeper of the constitution," announced Alvin.
"The keeper of the which," Leroy asked.
Jabo was cutting the hair of Professor Justin, an infrequent . . . more
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